gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

Raise the gonfalon of the most holy Cross, for with the fragrance of the Cross you shall win peace.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

Gonfalonier′, one who bears a gonfalon: the chief magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

In certain of the Italian cities chief magistrates had the privilege of bearing a gonfalon, and for this reason were known as “gonfaloniere.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The gonfalon was in action borne close to the person of the commander-in-chief and denoted his position.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various